Community Health Worker (Behavioral Health)
Job Summary
Community Health Workers (CHW) are frontline public health professionals who often have similar cultural beliefs, chronic health conditions, disability, or life experiences as other people in the same community. As trusted leaders, they often serve as a link between their community and needed health or social services. As a CHW, you may advocate for your clients’ health needs, help clients navigate the healthcare and social services system, and educate those you work with about their health and wellbeing.
Required Education / Training Summary
To become a certified CHW in Rhode Island, you need to meet certain training, education, and hands-on requirements. This includes a certain number of hours of supervised and unsupervised hands-on work, as well as 70 hours of education across several topics to help you better communicate and work with clients.
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| Occupation | Program Name | Institution | Certificate Earned | Per Student Program Cost | Program Length | Time of Day | Instructional Hours / Credits | Clinical Placement/Field Experience/Practicum? | Modality | Location | Eligibility Reqs/Pre-Reqs | Notes/Description | Website | Contact Info |
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| Community Health Worker | Bi-lingual Community Health Worker | Clinica Esperanza/Hope Clinic | Certificate | $6,272.00 | 12-Months | Evenings, Weekends | 14-Hours Per Week | Y | in-person | Providence, RI | Bilingual | CEHC developed the Advanced Navegante Training Program (ANTP) to address the need for bi-lingual and bi-culturally certified Community Health Workers (CHW) within the healthcare sector of Rhode Island . These individuals are called Navegantes (Navigators) because they are trained to help low-income, non-English fluent, crisis impacted individuals to navigate the local healthcare system. The ANTP curriculum is currently approved by the RI Department of Health (RIDOH) for CHW certification in the state of RI. It consists of 70 hours of education (dispersed over 10 weeks) in nine main topics: engagement methods and strategies, individual and community assessment, culturally- and linguistically appropriate responsiveness, health promotion and wellbeing, care coordination and system navigation, public health concepts and approaches, advocacy and community capacity building, safety and self-care, ethical responsibilities, and professional skills.85% of graduates from the ANTP have successfully obtained rewarding, well-paying jobs in health clinics, community-based organizations, and hospitals. | https://www.aplacetobehealthy.org/ | info@aplacetobehealthy.org |
| Community Health Worker | Community Health Worker | Community Health Innovations of RI | Certificate | 6 - 12 months | Providence, RI | Rhode Island’s first comprehensive core skills community health worker (CHW) certificate program. Each course could train and certify from 12 to 15 CHWs or trainers. The certificate course consists of 15, 3-hour workshops and requires field work for certification. Our program provides the core skills to be a for CHWs in 45 credit hours. The Rhode Island Department of Health requires 70 credit hours and 6months full time and or experiential hours for certifications. We and/or your employer will work to supply additional specialty hours and hours to fulfill the hours needed if you seek certification. This could potentially take 6 months or a year of field work unless concurrent or prior work experience or internships can be documented. | http://chi-ri.org/programs/ | dannie_ritchie@brown.edu | ||||||
| Community Health Worker | Community Health Worker | Community Health Worker Association of RI | Certificate | $125.00 | - | - | - | - | Providence, RI | - | https://chwari.org/certification/ | joinchwari@gmail.com | ||
| Community Health Worker | Community Health Worker Training | Rhode lsland College - Professional Studies and Continuing Education | CCS (Certificate of Continuing Studies) | - | 8 weeks | 220 hours | Y | in-person | Providence, RI | 18+, High School Diploma | Provide a comprehensive set of skills necessary to be a successful Community Health Worker in Rhode Island | https://www.ric.edu/department-directory/office-professional-studies-an… | psce@ric.edu | |
| Community Health Worker | Community Health Worker (CHW) Training - ESOL | Rhode lsland College - Professional Studies and Continuing Education | CCS (Certificate of Continuing Studies) | Prepares advanced ESOL speakers medical assistant careersCombines ESOL support and additional English Language instruction in addition to Builds knowledge and skills in 9-competency areas established by RI Department of Labor and Training Applicable to roles across the health and behavioral health care workforce Provides entry point for baseline training for prospective CHWs |
https://www.ric.edu/department-directory/office-professional-studies-an… | |||||||||
| Community Health Worker | Foundations in Community Health Worker (CHW) Training | Rhode lsland College - Professional Studies and Continuing Education | CCS (Certificate of Continuing Studies) | Builds knowledge and skills in 9-competency areas established by RI Department of Labor and Training Applicable to roles across the health and behavioral health care workforce Provides entry point for baseline training for prospective CHWs |
https://www.ric.edu/institute-education-healthcare |